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Two Venezuela-Linked "Dark Fleet" Ships Change Their Registrations Mid-Cruise to Russian In the Belief That This Will Protect Them from Trump;
But Trump Gives No Effs and Seizes Them
Russia actually sent an attack sub to protect one of the terrorist oil smuggling ships. Plus it suddenly hoisted a Russian flag and declared itself a Russian ship. Russia was part of this, because they approved the re-flagging of the ship without any of the normal steps required.
They thought Trump would be a-scared to seize a Russian-flagged terror ship. WRONG! Oh, and then they seized another one.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the U.S. seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela. "In two predawn operations today, the Coast Guard conducted back-to-back meticulously coordinated boarding of two 'ghost fleet' tanker ships--one in the North Atlantic Sea and one in international waters near the Caribbean. Both vessels--the Motor Tanker Bella I and the Motor Taker [sic] Sophia--were either last docked in Venezuela or en route to it," Noem posted on X. "Under President Trump's bold and visionary leadership, US Coast Guard tactical teams worked closely with its counterparts at the Departments of War, Department of Justice and State and used their specialized expertise to conduct these operations and conduct two safe, effective boardings within hours of each other," she continued. "One of these tankers, Motor Tanker Bella I, has been trying to evade the Coast Guard for weeks, even changing its flag and painting a new name on the hull while being pursued, in a desperate and failed attempt to escape justice. The heroic crew of the USCGC Munro pursued this vessel across the high seas and through treacherous storms--keeping diligent watch, and protecting our country with the determination and patriotism that make Americans proud. These brave men and women deserve our nation's thanks for their selfless devotion to duty." ...
The vessel was one of a number of sanctioned oil tankers operating near Venezuela that recently changed their flags to Russia.
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24 9h Russia has dispatched a submarine and several warships to escort a shadow-fleet tanker that the United States attempted to seize off the coast of Venezuela and is now pursuing in the Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal reports. The tanker Bella 1 spent more than two weeks trying to bypass the U.S. blockade on Venezuela but failed to dock and load cargo. In December, the vessel's crew repelled a U.S. attempt to board the ship and then sailed into the Atlantic Ocean. It is now being pursued in international waters by the U.S. Coast Guard. The tanker has since re-registered as Russian, been renamed Marinera, and the crew painted a Russian flag on the hull. According to U.S. sources, Russia then asked Washington to stop pursuing what it now claims is a Russian vessel. On Tuesday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said it was following the situation around the tanker "with concern." The ship is currently sailing about 300 miles south of Iceland toward the North Sea. A Russian submarine and other naval assets are moving in to support it.
RUSSIAN AGENT Donald Trump is going rogue like Ethan Hunt, yo!
The blockade of sanctioned and illicit Venezuelan oil remains in FULL EFFECT — anywhere in the world. https://t.co/iTPUWqrFiB
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) January 7, 2026
In two predawn operations today, the Coast Guard conducted back-to-back meticulously coordinated boarding of two “ghost fleet” tanker ships— one in the North Atlantic Sea and one in international waters near the Caribbean. Both vessels —the Motor Tanker Bella I and the Motor… pic.twitter.com/EZlHEtcufX
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) January 7, 2026
The U.S European command has successfully made seizure of Bella 1, following weeks-long pursuit and shortly after the Russian authorities sent another vessel to protect the sanctioned oil tanker. pic.twitter.com/IIehE1wGL6
— Lives&Lores (@LivesandLores) January 7, 2026
Surge of Economic Pain Pushes Iranians to the Streets High inflation and a currency collapse have squeezed Iranians' budgets, challenging the country's leaders. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Tehran, and other cities in Iran on Monday to decry surging inflation and the collapse of the national currency, which have thrown markets into chaos and punched holes in family budgets. The currency plunged to a record low this past weekend against the U.S. dollar and the annual inflation rate rose to 42.2 percent in December. Amid the turmoil, the head of Iran's central bank, Mohammad Reza Farzin, resigned on Monday, pending the president's acceptance, local news media reported. A former economy minister, Abdolnaser Hemmati, was set to replace him. The economic turmoil poses a new challenge for Iran's leaders as they seek to maintain control of their country of 92 million people while recovering from attacks on its nuclear facilities in June by Israel and the United States and a campaign of "maximum pressure" from the Trump administration aimed at securing a new agreement about Iran's nuclear program. ... Experts attribute Iran's deepening economic pain to a host of factors from poor management to policies that keep the country's economy closed. The stepped-up efforts by the Trump administration to limit Iran's oil sales to foreign countries and the war with Israel in June, during which the government tapped Iranian banks to cover its costs, have also contributed to the worsening economy.Via John Sexton, who also rounds up videos of the street protests. Below, in Germany (I think), a white woman shows up to counter-protest Iranians cheering on the anti-Mullah protests.
... The proposed 2026 budget showed the government's dilemma, reflecting a substantial decrease in oil revenue and an increased reliance on tax revenue. On Monday, the Parliament rejected the proposed budget, the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency reported. ... The currency collapse has been painful for ordinary Iranians, who have watched the value of their salaries and savings drop while prices for goods and services skyrocketed. Omid, a 42-year-old sales manager in Tehran, said the value of his monthly income has dropped to the equivalent of $200 per month from $300 in just two months, giving him anxiety.
Leftist woman melts down and screams “Free Palestine” at Iranian people’s rally to support the uprising against the Islamic government pic.twitter.com/NiDBFaa6C9
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) January 6, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 05:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 07, 2026 05:33 PM (qD5Bi)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:33 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 07, 2026 05:33 PM (JGjDx)
Posted by: Max Power at January 07, 2026 05:34 PM (SwyyQ)
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That person is broken.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 05:34 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (0BrN/)
Toxoplasmosis Never Sleeps
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Juan Paxety at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (EwniN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (JGjDx)
>I guess.
They probably ran out of wood to burn.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (ddphe)
https://youtu.be/OyfpTJJXwEE?si=129g2566z8iOnfJ8
Posted by: Eric at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (a2F+C)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (Kt19C)
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I think she just walked by and got triggered by the presence of Jews. Iranian Jews protesting in support of the Iranian people.
She turned a people rising up against Islamic tyranny into a Palestine thing 1500 miles away from the tyranny in question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (ScJGb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (IGnEY)
>I guess.
They probably ran out of wood to burn.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (ddphe)
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They had problems with their nuclear plant and used chemical suits to try and fix it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 05:38 PM (Cw/ar)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:38 PM (IGnEY)
It don't work like that.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:38 PM (WC9t6)
Oh, wait, Russian, so it is OK to seize THEIR shit, even though we are not at War with them... and have not declared them terrorists.
We are sailing in very dangerous waters.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (mP0Kj)
Looks like she bought a pair of AirPods Max, too, so I know she's batshit crazy for paying $549 for those.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)
Didn’t two hot girls do something like this to a Lamborghini in some shitty 80s action comedy? IIRC, they were in a Countach and running from keystone cops and changed colors and license plates. Seems the Russkies like hot 80s American bimbos!
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (hfuWD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (06Hmj)
The weather was horrible. According to sources.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (IGnEY)
I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:35 PM
That was the most stupid thing the russians could do sending a sub to escort an oil tanker. Not only is the sub tied down to the slow tanker it most likely was tracked by the US Navy every mile it sailed. They knew where that sub was at and most likely isolated it from the tanker it was escorting.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 05:38 PM (Cw/ar)
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I voted for the banning of the idiom "to get out of hand."
I'm not getting it.
Instead things seem to just be getting out of hand and we'll be damn lucky if we live through it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (GQhg+)
Posted by: Eeyore at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Johnny Dangerously did it better.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (ddphe)
Fake news, bro. There are some places even evil snakes won’t go.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (hfuWD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (IGnEY)
>I guess.
Unknown to all except the US nuclear attack submarine shadowing it.
Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (06Hmj)
Sure I can understand her confusion. Iran, Israel, they both start with the letter I. Beyond that, they are identical.
Posted by: Eric at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (a2F+C)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (TB/rm)
Oh, wait, Russian, so it is OK to seize THEIR shit, even though we are not at War with them... and have not declared them terrorists.
We are sailing in very dangerous waters.
Posted by: Romeo13
Venezuela still owes us $50 billion. And you don't get to change your registration mid cruise.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (WC9t6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2026 05:42 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:42 PM (IGnEY)
Sure I can understand her confusion. Iran, Israel, they both start with the letter I. Beyond that, they are identical.
Posted by: Eric at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (a2F+C)
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She just saw some Jews and flipped the fuck out.
Because of anti-racism and diversity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:42 PM (GBKbO)
t is necessary to police platforms for thought because of the danger from the power of new media like podcasts that goes beyond any tacit social acceptance of the right of voicing dangerous or objectionable opinions. This is especially important for opinion that might be taken up by credulous or emotional thinkers. This is not a freedom of speech question, it is a question of safeguarding the politics from fools.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 05:42 PM (rbvCR)
Based on the water line, they were carrying Venezuelan helium...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:42 PM (qRoBZ)
It don't work like that.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:38 PM
It worked for Captain Aubry.
Posted by: Eromero at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (o2ZRX)
i heard some British source, maybe the BBC, speculating about that.
Posted by: ace at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 05:40 PM (0N4FZ)
I'd bet the calculation was that it was the only asset they could get into position to film and witness the takeover.
Didn't look like they tried to hide... Expect some UN Shanigans incoming.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (mP0Kj)
Oh, wait, Russian, so it is OK to seize THEIR shit, even though we are not at War with them... and have not declared them terrorists.
We are sailing in very dangerous waters.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (mP0Kj)
They are ghost tankers under sanctions.
They aren't really Russian, they're smugglers who'll change ship names, registrations, GPS locator beacons, and everything else to get the cargo to port and get paid.
The Russians can end all these problems next week by sitting down and signing on the dotted line along with Z & Ukraine.
They are the ones sailing in dangerous waters, obviously.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)
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We nabbed one guy and his wife (maybe a few more if you believe the rumors). The rest of that government is still there. As are its partners elsewhere.
Posted by: Methos at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Boss Moss
I'd settle for some 1969 gas prices. I'd love to pull up to a full service pump like my dad did and say give me $2.75 worth of gas knowing that that would fill the car up.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:44 PM (WC9t6)
When I was in grade school almost every morning we would exercise to that stupid "chicken fat" song
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (0N4FZ)
Me, too. I still think of it when I'm doing calisthenics.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 07, 2026 05:44 PM (zYpTz)
It don't work like that.
Posted by: rickb223
Man, how long has it actually been since there was a false flag incident in its original context?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 07, 2026 05:44 PM (a+4eV)
She's batshit crazy!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 05:44 PM (2WIwB)
i heard some British source, maybe the BBC, speculating about that.
Posted by: ace at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (1wjle)
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Set sail from Iran 7 months ago. Turned off its transponder about 2 weeks ago. Turned it back on a couple of days ago.
Bare minimum, this is obviously a ship that was trying to get around the sanctions enforced by US ships.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (mP0Kj)
Yes. It will be the 5th World War 3 since we elected Trump the first time!
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:45 PM (ddphe)
We are indeed lucky to live thru these times. I count my blessings that I get to see part of it.
Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2026 05:45 PM (GQhg+)
Should we expect sit-ins and protests here in the US and on American college campi in support of these innocent martyrs?
Are innocent Shia Muslims killed by other Shia Muslims worthy of protest by the American Left?
Were innocent Sunni Muslims killed by other Sunni Muslims (ISIS, Taliban, Al-Queda) worthy of protest by the American Left?
Were innocent Uyghur Muslims incarcerated, raped and murdered by Chinese Security Forces worthy of protest by the American Left?
Or are the only Muslim deaths worthy of protest by the American Left those killed by Jews?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 07, 2026 05:45 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Nova Local at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM
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And if you are female, they always tell you about their abortions. It's sick.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (Cw/ar)
Posted by: Methos at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (vSvIl)
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And those still in place are making very nice sounds towards Trump.
They apparently promised to only use oil revenues on US made goods.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (GBKbO)
Based on the water line, they were carrying Venezuelan helium...
Posted by: man
Then it's a good possibility, that they were carrying Iranian yellow cake.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (WC9t6)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (ScJGb)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (krQz2)
We are indeed lucky to live thru these times. I count my blessings that I get to see part of it.
Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2026 05:45 PM (GQhg+)
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You know...the 1820s seemed mostly peaceful. Besides the whole slavery issue, that is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (GBKbO)
Dude. We're all dead from net neutrality. Didn't you get the memo?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (8+C2v)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (WC9t6)
So the US Military is now in the debt collection business? Thought we were past that... guess not.
And tanker looks empty... look at the waterline.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)
Oh, wait, Russian, so it is OK to seize THEIR shit, even though we are not at War with them... and have not declared them terrorists.
We are sailing in very dangerous waters.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (mP0Kj)
I believe that those specific ships were internationally sanctioned and you don't get to avoid that just by saying that you're totally someone different while you're at sea.
Russia will huff and puff and bitch and then do nothing. As we would do if the situation were reversed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (CKIwv)
I died from Popcorn Lung before Net Neutrality was even a thing.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (ddphe)
1) originated from Iran,
2) were desperate to dock in Venezuela,
3) Russia really, really, really did not want us to see what was on board, and, biggest,
4) the UK lifted its recent ban on sharing intelligence for this--and participated in the seizure.
A lot of smoke that says something very important was on those ships ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (06Hmj)
Iraq, not Syria. I'm pretty sure that was part of W's pre 2000s Iraq war speech at the UN.
Posted by: Methos at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (vSvIl)
Dude. We're all dead from net neutrality. Didn't you get the memo?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (qRoBZ)
I thought we all died during the Y2K bug....
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (GBKbO)
We should send her a map with red circles. And an instruction card on how to cuff jeans. Because we are nice.
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (qRoBZ)
And tanker looks empty... look at the waterline.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)
I'm thinking it wasn't carrying oil which makes it all the more suspicious
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (VE6XX)
She's batshit crazy!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 05:44 PM (2WIwB)
Spin her around three times and shake her and she'll scream something else.
"No Blood For Oil!"
"Fire Doesn't Melt Steel!"
"Triangle Shirtwaist!"
"44' 40 Or Fight!"
Like a retarded magic 8-ball.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (06Hmj)
I was cosplaying Hugh Hewitt in an earlier thread so so that I could point out that something benefits Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (CKIwv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (HXT0k)
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Maduro's porn collection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (GBKbO)
"Oh, man, where'd that 1100-foot ship go? It looked just like this one in front of me, but it had a different license plate..."
Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (GQhg+)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:37 PM (GBKbO)
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*** The Red October was unavailable for comment. ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (ESVrU)
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K-19: The Widowmaker, actually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Methos at January 07, 2026 05:43 PM (vSvIl)
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Venezuela still has an appetite for finding out.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: MkY at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (8+C2v)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (krQz2)
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Venezuela is fucking grovelling to us right now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (GBKbO)
And tanker looks empty... look at the waterline.
Posted by: Romeo13
Then it's possible they were carrying snuck out Iranian nuclear fuel. Because if they weren't carrying oil, there's no reason to change registration mid cruise.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (WC9t6)
And I was named *after* Thomas Jefferson.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (06Hmj)
One doesn't sail around the world for 7 months on that heap for a pleasure cruise...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (qRoBZ)
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P-8 ASW planes were sorting out of the UK and Iceland 24X7 until the ship was captured. Intel bonanza.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (MZ+PY)
When I was in grade school almost every morning we would exercise to that stupid "chicken fat" song
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 05:36 PM (0N4FZ)
Me, too. I still think of it when I'm doing calisthenics.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January
I don’t even know what this gem is! Should I look it up?
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (CKIwv)
I imagine an oil tanker is probably slower than OJ's Bronco.
Posted by: Methos at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (WC9t6)
Which is what I was thinking.. We seemed very determined to get this tanker
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:41 PM (WC9t6)
So the US Military is now in the debt collection business? Thought we were past that... guess not.
And tanker looks empty... look at the waterline.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)
Which makes reflagging even shadier...they didn't have what they should have had on board...so why not stop? Unless they had something worse.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (8avO+)
That will be the argument against Vance. "He's gonna start WWXXIV!"
Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:48 PM (GBKbO)
Not El Banco de Spanko!?!?
What is this world coming to?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (qRoBZ)
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Not if there were mirrors.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 05:46 PM (ScJGb)
Given the way one agent was sliding and trying to keep his balance while chasing down the car, it looks like there's a fair amount of ice there.
Posted by: pookysgirl, fighting Lil Pooky for control of the laptop at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (IGnEY)
One doesn't sail around the world for 7 months on that heap for a pleasure cruise...
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Nukes? Probable. Not likely.
Maybe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (6U1c2)
That's my line from this morning. You're welcome...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (h3wuo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (ScJGb)
-Fred Thompson, Hunt for Red October
Posted by: Fred! at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (hfuWD)
Cannonball Run?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (CKIwv)
Lol! Lol.
Posted by: Lady Who Appreciates a Man Who Knows Not All Women Are Leftist Nutjobs at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (s0O1t)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (WC9t6)
Unless they have internet, or a radio to someone who has access... which means they KNOW via the US Media, that we were out to seize those ships...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Woman: FREE PALESTINE!!!
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"Sorry, that promotion ended last week."
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (8JzZF)
Did Maduro's wife have a huge shoe collection?
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (IifOV)
Navy ships, from what I've heard, carry a Coast Guard officer and become Coast Guard for boardings. The Coast Guard has enormous power.
Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (GQhg+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: It's me donna
I'll bet we had Geiger counters that were sniffing and pinging like crazy.
And no, the military and President Trump would not say that we caught them with Iranian nuclear material.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (WC9t6)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 07, 2026 05:50 PM (MZ+PY)
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They enforce maritime law, and are for criminal enforcement. Mostly they do coastal duty due to ship size limitations, but the Legend class has some serious range and endurance, allowing the CG to take over missions that the Navy would otherwise have to take on.
With a shortage of ships thanks to Obama and Biden, we have to economize use of Navy assets.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (pkeXY)
Would the Russians sink the ships to ensure whatever is really on them is not discovered? They did send a Sub into the fray.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 05:55 PM (IifOV)
I'm getting a bit antsy.
Also I really want some spaghetti squash. I should go by one after work.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 07, 2026 05:55 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:55 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson is an antisemitic racist at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (CowIf)
Who paid for the fuel? Crew?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:52 PM (qRoBZ)
My SWAG? They were on their way to pick up cargo, when they got word they were going to get seized.
We had multiple Navy assets off the coast of Venezuela... so they were running empty and trying to hide.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (mP0Kj)
It was the remaining nuclear material from Iran, that was given to them by the Russians. They were going to stash it in VZ, then Russia agreed to hold it.
Or gold that they were going to stash in VZ, then worked out a deal to stash it in Russia.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Romeo13
But the only thing that would get them seized, is if they were carrying sanctioned oil. If they were running empty, there would be no reason to stop them. Or at least no reason to confiscate them. No, that whole ref flagging in the middle of a cruise is highly suspicious.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (WC9t6)
Posted by: Frank Barone
Could just have been there to observe. Take pictures. You know. See how we're doing stuff these days.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (IGnEY)
I know the Coast Guard does operate outside domestic maritime waters (they were in Viet Nam, back in the day)
They ran a LORAN station on Guam back in those days.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 05:55 PM (IifOV)
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Sinking a US vessel would be an act of war. Most of the Russian navy is rusting at the dockside, so to show the flag they had to send a sub. Not a good look.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (Ouxay)
Well, a few at first, then troops would put a stop to that.
Posted by: Wally at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Fen at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (ciYHQ)
Yeah, but if they were really empty, they'd head for SE Asia. Easy to pick up something...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (aMFyJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (pkeXY)
Holy shit we have norovirus bombs, now?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (06Hmj)
It will get out of control, and we'll be lucky to live through it.
Posted by: RADM Josh Painter, USN at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)
With a shortage of ships thanks to Obama and Biden, we have to economize use of Navy assets.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)
When doing certain Ops, my US Navy Destroyer would carry small detachments of Coast Guard. We'd do the boarding and searching, they'd do the Arresting and Paperwork.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 05:55 PM (IifOV)
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Sinking a US vessel would be an act of war. Most of the Russian navy is rusting at the dockside, so to show the flag they had to send a sub. Not a good look.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
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But would they have sunk the suddenly Russian-flagged tankers? How would that be an act of war?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 05:59 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 05:59 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (GBKbO)
1820's was peaceful even slavery wise. In exchange for getting Missouri, the south gave up all land north of Arkansas to freedom, much of which was Indian territory or already Mexican (Texas hadn't broken off then). The one state from each side pushed back political problems until 1845 and the Mexican War in the US Territory anyhow.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 05:59 PM (8avO+)
By recycling and getting "CA Refund Value"? I know the homeless do it.
Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (GQhg+)
Well, they do have a reputation for valuing human life...
/kidding
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM
I meant sinking the oil tankers, to hide whatever is on them.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Heh, that was one of my many thoughts today. Why send a sub? Because that's all you got that than get there in time.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (wBaIH)
Did Maduro's wife have a huge shoe collection?
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 05:54 PM (IifOV)
Did she have dome sort of Ronald McDonald fixation?
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (4b7CV)
But forgot we have helicopters.
Bear swim in water but can't fly.
Eagle swim and fly.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:01 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:01 PM (/HZvU)
And tanker looks empty... look at the waterline.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)
The Navy and Coast Guard are enforcing the sanctions / blockade which were placed on specific ships - including these two - as is part of their job.
And just because she isn't full of crude doesn't mean she's empty. Not that it matters since they were subject to seizure, full or not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (WC9t6)
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It's funny how the people screaming "But muh international law!" don't actually know any of it. Maduro was not lawfully elected, and therefore had no sovereign immunity nor was he an actual head of state, but a usurper who unlawfully held power, violating lots of international conventions in the process. That's why we arrested him.
The "shadow fleets" likewise have been allowed to do their thing simply because no one wanted to deal with the hassle of taking them down, but now Trump can sweep the seas and there's not a damn thing Russia can do from a legal perspective.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (IGnEY)
It was the remaining nuclear material from Iran, that was given to them by the Russians. They were going to stash it in VZ, then Russia agreed to hold it.
Or gold that they were going to stash in VZ, then worked out a deal to stash it in Russia.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 05:56 PM (HXT0k)
You'd hardly need a tanker for that cargo. And why send it to Venezuela?
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (8avO+)
Also, if you can hand off whatever you are carrying to the Sub, Exfil becomes an easier process.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (ESVrU)
If it was carrying oil, no big deal the ships get confiscated the oil gets confiscated. For them to sync to one or two tankers, there had to be something on there that they really really really didn't want to be found. And that doesn't leave a whole lot.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (WC9t6)
They'd better start. Forecast shows near single digit temps soon...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (Wmg4n)
Definitely! You can find it on youtube. Just search using go, you chicken fat. It will come up.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (4b7CV)
I just snorted a fine Hudson Valley white out my nose thanks to you....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (EyfuW)
Was crazy. Guys would spend a month forging an empire, take a 3 hour break to catch a nap, and wake up to find everything...gone.
Posted by: Fen at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (ciYHQ)
It's right there in the "Orange Man Bad" Clause.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (8avO+)
And Iran shares a land border with Russia, or the Caspian Sea if you like boats.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (8avO+)
That will be the argument against Vance. "He's gonna start WWXXIV!"
Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 05:51 PM (E0p3T)
That is ok, not a problem, just have to assure that Vance has the right advisors who give him the right information for him to make a decision correctly.
It is not as if the next election is that important, otherwise.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (rbvCR)
No, and he also can't squeal to the press about your barely-latent homosexuality.
Oh wait. You said "flag." Never mind.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (CM7zZ)
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 06:00 PM (IifOV)
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They could have just scuttled the ships. No torpedo needed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (WC9t6)
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Alien tech?
The "black goo" from the X-Files?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM (8avO+)
Desperation?
They're idiots?
Some kind of big brain misdirection play? (See #2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:01 PM (/HZvU)
The dead woman wasn't even a Minnesotan supposedly at least not a native....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (hfuWD)
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The movie with Bette Midler and Shelly what's her name from Cheers?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (JzooK)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (ddphe)
And tanker looks empty... look at the waterline.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:47 PM
I suspect that those tankers were part of a game the russians/iran was playing and they got caught. Flying a false flag is a violation of maritime laws and once they hoisted the russian flag mid cruise they became fair game for any Navy to seize them.
My gut feeling is they were/are smuggling drugs out of venezuala.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 06:05 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (sDNVV)
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Let's not shortchange them. That's per month for 4 months!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 06:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Eromero at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (o2ZRX)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:02 PM
Tax free cigarettes and fireworks from Indian casinos.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (hfuWD)
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:01 PM (/HZvU)
The dead woman wasn't even a Minnesotan supposedly at least not a native....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (VE6XX)
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Will they care about a dead white lesbian in winter time as much as a dead black druggie thug in the summer of love? I'm jaded,
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (Cw/ar)
Cannonball Run, Adrienne Barbeau...
It's like I don't know you people.
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (IGnEY)
But then:
Law of salvage would apply and I think it'd take multiple hits across along the length of these tankers to actually sink them.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (hfuWD)
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The movie with Bette Midler and Shelly what's her name from Cheers?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (JzooK)
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Cannonball Run, maybe? I’m too lazy to google it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (hfuWD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (xvXg6)
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Part of the problem. No one sits at her table.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (Cw/ar)
That's a tough one
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 06:05 PM (0N4FZ)
In a tanker??
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (qRoBZ)
It's entirely possible this was just an oil run, and Trump is legitimately that hot and heavy over it that he'd track the fuckers down like dogs over it, and Russia is plain old running out of boats for bootlegging crude and didn't want to surrender any more.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (ScJGb)
But I'm a leftist. In Minnesota. And I'm a white savior of the darkies. Nothing bad will happen to me. I'm untouchable. -- Renee Good
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:08 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:08 PM (qRoBZ)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 07, 2026 06:08 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:08 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Mister Scott
That's the problem. When you put up what the cargo might be versus putting it on an oil tanker, not very many things make sense. If you were smuggling drugs, you wouldn't need an oil tanker.
Same with gold. That's what makes it all so wild ass guessing. Because nothing makes sense.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (WC9t6)
Or at least they face this if they don't surrender, so it's good for them they at least did that.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (gKWVE)
Minnesota Lefties like to think they're above criminal acts, but the track record shows otherwise.
Posted by: Wally at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (Cw/ar)
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They're trying to get people outraged about criminal illegal aliens being deported, but people are overwhelmingly in favor of it, ESPECIALLY black people, who have had to endure the brunt of the falling wages and crime that results.
It's entire an AWFL cause, which is why no one cares.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (Ouxay)
I know, right? We can't go weak here and let the wrong people infect MAGA. We need the muscular conservatism like that championed by John McCain. That is the only true path to continuing the unending success that William F Buckley's tireless leadership gave us in the 70's
It is the only thing we have to defeat Hakeem Jefferies or whoever the Dems put forward.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 05:49 PM (sDNVV)
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I know that sounds like a lot, but with all the inflation they've had over there that is only like negative 45 cents.
Posted by: Achmed Shmirnov at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 05:55 PM (IifOV)
Almost certainly not. They were running what poker players call a bluff.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (qRoBZ)
It's entirely possible this was just an oil run, and Trump is legitimately that hot and heavy over it that he'd track the fuckers down like dogs over it, and Russia is plain old running out of boats for bootlegging crude and didn't want to surrender any more.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (06Hmj)
I can see Trump and Putin doing it as a game in the Ukraine talks...spotting the tanker a days start or whatever to make it sporting.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (IGnEY)
I think it was more likely the Loch Ness Monster who slipped out into the sea. Either one is just about as likely.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 06:10 PM (uWKK8)
And flooding the zone continues.
Why, yes - I definitely voted for this.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Dr Tim Curry: you'll receive the Order of Lenin for this Captain.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Since we can track them via satellite and drone, why not wait until they fill up, and then confiscate them?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:10 PM (WC9t6)
Posted by: Avi at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (bA7fw)
That is ok, not a problem, just have to assure that Vance has the right advisors who give him the right information for him to make a decision correctly.
It is not as if the next election is that important, otherwise.
Posted by: Kindltot
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It's the fortitude to carry it out. That's a concern.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:08 PM (IGnEY)
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Everybody was Kung-fu fighting.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)
Coming back from some cartel in Caracass
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain from India
Concluding some terms with a couple of drug firms
When they left fully loaded for Tehran
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the US coast guard they'd been seeing?
Posted by: The Sinking of the Rogue Oil tanker at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (IifOV)
Probably not, the Navy basically knows where every dissociated proton in the fucking ocean is at all times, i doubt you could slip that past them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:07 PM (06Hmj)
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Yes. Trump is now sweeping the seas for those shadow fleet ships, who are worth money in their own right, but also service...wait for it...China.
China is losing a primary supplier of oil AND the supply of tankers is dropping.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (IGnEY)
And flooding the zone continues.
Why, yes - I definitely voted for this.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:10 PM (cYBz/)
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Put a hot iron to it?
*runs away*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (Cw/ar)
The left thinks what happened in MN is murder.
They also believed Kyle Rittenhouse committed murder.
Enough that they brought the full force and weight of the state against him.
And lost.
I dare them to try and arrest the ICE officer.
You know they're going to be forced to do it, don't you?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Wally at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (hfuWD)
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The movie with Bette Midler and Shelly what's her name from Cheers?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (JzooK)
Outrageous Fortune.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (8avO+)
Trump seizes Minnesota and installs JD Vance as their interim governor....
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
My submarine carried SEALs once (training op) but never CG.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (/HZvU)
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:01 PM (/HZvU)
The dead woman wasn't even a Minnesotan supposedly at least not a native....
Posted by: It's me donna
Like Land o Lakes indian?
On occasion in the store I will point at a box and say, "Ha. They kicked out the Indian and kept the land."
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (/lPRQ)
But then:
Law of salvage would apply and I think it'd take multiple hits across along the length of these tankers to actually sink them.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (HXT0k)
What would a US Billionaire do if the US Navy sunk one of his oil Tankers...
I'd wager this is not owned by the Russian Government, but one of the many oligarchs... who was trying to save his ship from being seized.
We are at a weird intersection of Military assets, and economic warfare. Something we really have not seen since the beginnings of WW2.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Wally at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (0e5Te)
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She had nice tits when she was younger.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:10 PM (WC9t6)
That would be the normal course of events, wouldn't it?
I don't know.
This shit is either incredibly massively important, or it's all a big dumb meaningless farce of dickwaving and stupidity. Who the hell knows.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Russia has very little need for a Navy. I'm kind of surprised that they haven't scrapped most of it already.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Exceeeepppttt:
@Rebel_Warriors 4h
Russian FM in response to the US seizure of Marinera (Ex Bella 1) oil tanker in North Atlantic.
Russia demands the US ensure humane and dignified treatment of Russian citizens aboard the ship and fully respect their rights and interests.
Posted by: Rep Hank Johnson at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (n5tGW)
Coming back from some cartel in Caracass
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain from India
Concluding some terms with a couple of drug firms
When they left fully loaded for Tehran
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the US coast guard they'd been seeing?
Posted by: The Sinking of the Rogue Oil tanker at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (IifOV)
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At dinnertime, the old cook came on deck saying "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya,"
At 7pm, the Coasties flew in, he said "Fellas, it's been good to know ya!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)
On occasion in the store I will point at a box and say, "Ha. They kicked out the Indian and kept the land."
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (/lPRQ)
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That's funny!
Every stick of Land O Lakes butter should begin with a land acknowledgement.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: It's me donna
Missouri plates on the suv.
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (/HZvU)
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Very few video game clips are funnier than his "Space!" clip from Red Alert.
The part where he struggles to keep from laughing gets me every time.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 06:05 PM (0N4FZ)
In a tanker??
Posted by: Oldcat
Hash Oil
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Are you too daft to recognize that a Tanker filled with Oil is no more valuable than a Tanker merely transporting other, more value dense, cargo?
Cool your heels. We just witnessed an incredible success of Intel in the Maduro Capture.
Let this play out before you set what little is left of your hair on fire.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Wally at January 07, 2026 06:12 PM (0e5Te)
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She had nice tits when she was younger.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (krQz2)
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Ashkenazi Rack
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (hfuWD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (xvXg6)
I am not sure. Mike Pence had fortitude. Though if Vance is wiped out I suppose we run Pence. It would satisfy lots of the moderates who think some hillbilly from Ohio has the wrong approach and wrong loyalties.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (IGnEY)
Reduce them to territorial status, redraw the borders to make a red state and leave the cities as territories forever.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (IGnEY)
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Territorial Governor. No congressional delegation, no senators, just one shadow delegate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (ZOv7s)
You have to paint a new name on the bow of our ship.
....What? It's 30 ft seas out there!
Oh, and make sure the letters are at least 10 feet tall. Both sides.
Here's a rope and a 2" paintbrush.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 07, 2026 06:16 PM (DsA2n)
Why don't you marry him already since you seem to love him sexually?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 06:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
Just like us Festrunk Brothers - "We are... two wild and crazy guys!" chasing American foxes!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:17 PM (cYBz/)
So much good stuff going on, from taking ghost tankers of Venezuelan oil to 2,000 ICE agents into Minnesota to stop the massive, largest in my lifetime fraud and theft against the government.
Yes, I DID vote for this. Can't wait for week 2! Maybe arrest Soros by February?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 07, 2026 06:17 PM (4nEGa)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:17 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Wally
Fag Hag.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:17 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 07, 2026 06:18 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)
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Cringe leftist simp had fortitude?
Are you licking toads or something?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:18 PM (ZOv7s)
The New Confederacy has Tim Walz and 8,000 jabbering Somalis.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: It's me donna
Missouri plates on the suv.
Posted by: Really?? at January 07
Her bio says she is from Colorado and is “experiencing Minnesota”.
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (CM7zZ)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:03 PM (CM7zZ)
So, Minnesota is in rebellion against the central government? Expel their representatives from Congress, send the Army, dissolve their government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (iW7pR)
>Ha ha! You lost me there. Johnny McMaverick was always right about one thing: Bomb, bomb, Iran…
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (Ouxay)
Does she even realize that Free Iran has nothing to do with Free Palestine? Is she so stupid she thinks they are the same place? or Iranians who want a freed country are Israeli agents? I mean, what exactly is the logic here?
Does she support the religious dictatorship in Iran, who has caused endless suffering, to continue?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (C3IAS)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (Cw/ar)
Did they have photography back then?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (IGnEY)
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She used to just be a busty redhead who sang vintage tunes and showed off her rack.
Then, one day, she started talking.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)
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And install Marco Rubio as the military governor.
He needs a few more hats.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (C3IAS)
Posted by: Piper
Experienced.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (iW7pR)
Her bio says she is from Colorado and is “experiencing Minnesota”.
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (CM7zZ)
Don't think it turned out like she expected and who wants to experience Minnesota ? Apologies to any Minnesotans here...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:04 PM (VE6XX)
Are you saying that she crossed a state line?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Really??
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Probability of riots in MN greatly lowered.
Reality in MN greatly heightened.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Really?
I guess they really showed her!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:17 PM (cYBz/)
St. Louis, bet anything. Or, wait, maybe Columbia.
Posted by: tubal at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (pDt9x)
I heard that one of the tankers was smuggling WMDs, a full load of weapons-grade vuvuzelas.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (Cw/ar)
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I think so.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (krQz2)
You can search forever.
You will never find the Logic in feminine reasoning.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:11 PM (xvXg6)
I am not sure. Mike Pence had fortitude. Though if Vance is wiped out I suppose we run Pence. It would satisfy lots of the moderates who think some hillbilly from Ohio has the wrong approach and wrong loyalties.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)
are...are you trolling? Mike Pence?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mister Scott
That's the problem. When you put up what the cargo might be versus putting it on an oil tanker, not very many things make sense. If you were smuggling drugs, you wouldn't need an oil tanker.
Same with gold. That's what makes it all so wild ass guessing. Because nothing makes sense.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM
They wanted that tanker out of venezuala by any means they could come up with because they have no clue what Trump is going to do next. If they smuggled a couple of tons of cocaine out with the tanker then that's a win for them.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Piper
Experienced.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (iW7pR)
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Feeling Minnesota?
Posted by: Chris Cornell at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (krQz2)
Oh, wait, Russian, so it is OK to seize THEIR shit, even though we are not at War with them... and have not declared them terrorists.
We are sailing in very dangerous waters.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 05:39 PM (mP0Kj)
It wasn't really a Russian ship. What Trump has put a spotlight on in recent weeks is that there is a "dark fleet" of cargo ships and tankers that sail around the world, carrying contraband cargo for cash, and they change their names and countries of registration monthly, if they register at all. They've been slipping through all the supposed regulations on international shipping, and they are well paid by China, Russia, Iran, and up til now Venezuela (as well as anyone else who wants to deal in contraband) Trump is starting to shut down this dark fleet, ship by ship.
The Bella, supposedly registered to Russia was registered to Panama just a couple weeks ago. But Panama disavowed knowing anything about them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (uWKK8)
Law of salvage would apply and I think it'd take multiple hits across along the length of these tankers to actually sink them.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:06 PM (HXT0k)
Modern torpedoes do not put holes in your ship, they snap the keel. One would suffice.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Where was she domiciled?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (xvXg6)
The left thinks what happened in MN is murder.
They also believed Kyle Rittenhouse committed murder.
Enough that they brought the full force and weight of the state against him.
And lost.
I dare them to try and arrest the ICE officer.
You know they're going to be forced to do it, don't you?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
They'd probably get lit up by the rest of his ICE.
And the cops they send to do it know....
So they would just made a big production about issuing an arrest warrant.... Then Feds could could counter charge with accessory to felonyurdwr after the fact to the prosecutor and judge.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Piper
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It wasn't Minnesota Nice.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (Cw/ar)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)
Well I got my laugh for the day
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (VE6XX)
Missourans.
I had a customer complain about the way I said Missouri. I asked him to pronounce "Oregon" and he said "Ore-E-gone".
I told him we were even.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (xcxpd)
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I detect sarcasm.
Cause I called him "Lawn chair" before he became Trump's VP...and after.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (krQz2)
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6 Dems; 4 R in the House
2 Dems in the Senate.
Do it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: tubal at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (pDt9x)
she drove all the way for that ultimate FAFO...save the cigarette
Posted by: DanMan at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Where was she domiciled?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more
If we believe x, she was living in MN. She has a wife and a 6 year old. She noted her occupation as a poet.
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (CM7zZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (IGnEY)
She actually hit one with her car.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)
Take the tanker and take the oil.
That's what he said we are going to do.
That's what we are going to do.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)
"Interesting Times"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (xcxpd)
She's not a REAL Soundgarden Fan!
She's a Poser!!
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (0N4FZ)
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They were making a break for Russia, right?
So just the ships was the reason. Lay them up for a bit, repaint, slide them through territorial waters and send them out again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Really?? at January 07
Her bio says she is from Colorado and is “experiencing Minnesota”.
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (CM7zZ)
Hmmm... Woman was from Colorado, driving a car with Missouri plates, to protest in Minnesota?
/Puts on his WW2 German Helmet, blows smoke out of his cigarette..
Interesting.... but SCHTUPID...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (ScJGb)
LOL
Quotable.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (IGnEY)
She actually hit one with her car.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Read that it was a man, thought it was a woman.
And he's in the hospital.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:21 PM (xcxpd)
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I detect sarcasm.
Cause I called him "Lawn chair" before he became Trump's VP...and after.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:23 PM (krQz2)
God, I hope so.
I'd rather take an outright Democrat as VP than Mike Pence the mewling traitor.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (C3IAS)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 06:22 PM (uWKK
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Which basically makes the ship fair game for any government--or Horde of cutlass-wielding Morons--to capture it as plunder.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Rep Hank Johnson
Give return airline tickets, a couple thousand bucks, a two week visa, and send them to Vegas.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (IGnEY)
I know several poetesses. It does not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (ScJGb)
She attended an ICE Learing Center.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (Cw/ar)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (CM7zZ)
And he's in the hospital.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (xvXg6)
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He look like a man!
Posted by: Ms. Swan at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 07, 2026 06:27 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:27 PM (ddphe)
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Women don't have wives.
Sorry, they just don't.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 07, 2026 06:27 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)
I tell ya, old Mike Pence may be a backstabbing piece of shit but he ain't got a Hindu wife. -- all too many folks on "our side"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (CM7zZ)
Don't think it turned out like she expected and who wants to experience Minnesota ? Apologies to any Minnesotans here...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:20 PM (VE6XX)
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Minnesota is an underrated state. Striking natural beauty that rivals anything in the USA. Sadly, it’s been overrun with toxic cockroaches and doesn’t have the population numbers or industry to survive the invasion. Big, rich states can take in 200k Somalis and it’s a rounding error. For states like MN, it’s a death sentence.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (hfuWD)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 07, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)
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Only if you were in a coma between 1945 and now.
The Cold War was way more lit than this. This is a farce.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)
FAFO.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (C3IAS)
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FAFO AF
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (mlg/3)
So just the ships was the reason. Lay them up for a bit, repaint, slide them through territorial waters and send them out again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Russia? In the North Atlantic in Winter? With all the ports frozen over?
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Romeo13
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States are jockeying with alliances while Trump juggles them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (xvXg6)
Meh - It's nice. But Wisconsin and MI have much of the same.
It's no Colorado or Utah, though.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I recently watched the two part Loch Ness episode of Bewitched from it's final year. Saw the Monster close up.
Posted by: Braless Samantha, Too at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ExV1e)
They mostly have, not counting the Black Sea Fleet that's been neutralized by Ukraine. At one time they had the most nuclear powered ships in the world; scrapping got expensive, so there's at least 6 reactors they just dumped into the Arctic Ocean to be rid of them, and there may be more. They promise to go back and get them someday, oh sure they will.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:30 PM (IGnEY)
Been there many times.. Had relatives there.. They have mosquitos the size of birds .. Weather sucks most of the time but some of the areas are pretty
Posted by: It's me donna at January 07, 2026 06:30 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (IGnEY)
I know several poetesses. It does not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)
I remember how Emily Dickenson used to drive her carriage into the US Marshals....dang poetesses.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:30 PM (8avO+)
Now they are She/Were
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:27 PM (ddphe)
*goldclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:30 PM (xvXg6)
Sorry, they just don't.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 07, 2026
I am merely the messenger. In summary, she was a white, 37 year old lesbian who has been an active leftist protester. She lived in MN, she was from CO. Per a witness, she was leading this particular protest and was actively and effectively blocking ICE vehicles.
And protestors have broken into a courthouse there.
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (CM7zZ)
Take your creatine. Hydrate. Buy ammo and wet wipes.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (GeSNl)
Is the woman who played bumper cars not dead?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)
She's pining for the fjords.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (Cw/ar)
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How the fuck did it ever become so blue?
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (CM7zZ)
I'm guessing there won't be many stars in the review.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)
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It isn't like you have to tag terra firma, just get inside territorial waters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Same with gold. That's what makes it all so wild ass guessing. Because nothing makes sense.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:09 PM (WC9t6)
Apparently the Bella I never made port in VZ, and is/was running empty. But it could have rendezvous'd with small boats loaded with drugs, or gold, or VIPs. Stuff that's valuable enough to pay for the voyage, yet only occupies a little locker space or cabin space in the ship's upper works.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (uWKK
Don't call their nuke icebreakers part of the fleet.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:25 PM (IGnEY)
I know several poetesses. It does not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 07, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)
If memory serves, until recently the US taxpayer spent a good penny every year on gay cowboy poetry.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: not sure at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (d5gnS)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (krQz2)
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Voter fraud. Lots and lots of voter fraud.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (IGnEY)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (Uo+RY)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)
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It isn't like you have to tag terra firma, just get inside territorial waters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Then in the next blow you will tag terra firma
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)
She's a Poser!!
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM
Well, I give her some credit.
It was just like suicide.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (DsA2n)
Heritage and the Union Labor Movement around the turn of the century.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (CM7zZ)
Do water cannons work in the winter?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:30 PM (xvXg6)
Yeah. Back in 2022. Their CEO made an announcement about it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (ExV1e)
The New Confederacy has Tim Walz and 8,000 jabbering Somalis.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (HXT0k) "
LOL, true!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (Uo+RY)
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Oh, yeah, baby!
Posted by: The Sock at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
True. I'm sure we have been watching every single thing that floats around there.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (WC9t6)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (krQz2)
Ask California. Or Colorado. Or New Hampshire. Or Massachusetts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (krQz2)
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Voter fraud. Lots and lots of voter fraud.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)
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Washington State has entered the chat.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 07, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)
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There are anchorages within territorial waters. And Russia has icebreakers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Fen at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (ciYHQ)
She's a Poser!!
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:24 PM
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She fell on black days.
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:34 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)
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It's more like a freeze ray.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ExV1e)
I was just rewatching "The Fortune Cookie" a couple days ago. (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau) That ICE agent needs to take some cues from that movie - get in a hospital bed, wrap your whole body up in bandages from where the car hit, when anyone wants to see how bad you're hurt roll your eyes til they turn white and shout "OH THE PAIN!!! THE PAIN!!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 06:35 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:35 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 07, 2026 06:35 PM (WONhk)
Heritage and the Union Labor Movement around the turn of the century.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (ddphe)
The recent turn of the century, 2000? Because what about '84?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 07, 2026 06:36 PM (3uBP9)
It's a write off Jerry. They just write it off.
Posted by: Max Power at January 07, 2026 06:36 PM (Hucnr)
And protestors have broken into a courthouse there.
Posted by: Piper
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That makes sense. Tear up the bastion of their protection. - - - > liberal logic
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:36 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:29 PM (krQz2)
She used to be a Zag/Nut
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)
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It's more like a freeze ray.
putting the ice into the ice-involved shooting
Posted by: anachronda at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:35 PM (ddphe)
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#292 I posted as "Chris Cornell".
Posted by: Axeman at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (ddphe)
Somebody knows his history.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 07, 2026 06:36 PM (3uBP9)
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Fritz was from there, so Favorite Son.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 07, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)
It's a quandary.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 07, 2026 06:38 PM (GeSNl)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:38 PM (d2kuJ)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:31 PM (CM7zZ)
Do water cannons work in the winter?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)
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Flamethrowers FTW -- just to be sure.
Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 07, 2026 06:38 PM (1HWm1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 05:53 PM (ScJGb)
I'm not one for violence, but I couldn't care less about what happened to this woman. I'm surprised it hasn't happened more already.
A perfect example of "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
This is what end-stage TDS looks like, and with 20% to 30% of all citizens (and millions of illegals) having been inflicted with it, expect a lot more of this.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 07, 2026 06:39 PM (4nEGa)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2026 06:39 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Diogenes"
It ain't bad in the day
When they squirt it your way
'cept in the Winter
When it's froze
And it's hard
When it hits
On your nose
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at January 07, 2026 06:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 06:37 PM (n9ltV)
I am just another retard on the net, as far as anyone needs to know.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:40 PM (ddphe)
Posted by: Piper at January 07, 2026 06:19 PM (CM7zZ)
Now she will get to see what the bottom side of Minnesota grass looks like.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 06:40 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Don't use Opera for secure shit like banking. Opera was bought from Skandis (who went on to make and operate Vivaldi) by a Chicom company about 5-6 years back. Both Opera and Vivaldi are shells with enhancements, like Brave is, on top of de googled Chrome.
Just want the plain jane, Chromium is the open source version of Chrome.
Firefox is the only other major browser with its own codebase and they are announcing a pivot to making their browser AI compliant plus some woke bullshit.
For old computers, Supermium is a degoogled Chrome for old Windows computers that have no upgrade path for their browsers. Brave requires a minimum of Windows 10 now for example.
Lots of old weird browsers on different code bases if you want to go to Linux. Plus most of the malware exploits don't work well on Linux
All Crapple browsers are skins on top of a Safari codebase from Apple.
Posted by: whig at January 07, 2026 06:40 PM (WDjG6)
Heritage and the Union Labor Movement around the turn of the century.
Posted by: garrett at January 07, 2026 06:33 PM (ddphe)
The recent turn of the century, 2000? Because what about '84?
Posted by: banana Dream
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We'll never know the real answer, Dominion, electronic voting, mail in and drop off ballots have erased election truths. We'll never know what the people actually thought.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:41 PM (xvXg6)
my windows 10 mini-tower I use for my TV bricked this morning due to an overnight update...it wanted my Windows password. That box has to be at least ten years old and has a lot of software in it from my working days. It has no password I know of.
Been using Brave since I bought it. The update demanded Edge.
Posted by: DanMan at January 07, 2026 06:42 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Piper
I note her occupation as unemployed.
Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 06:43 PM (/HZvU)
Posted by: MikeN at January 07, 2026 06:46 PM (8uQGY)
All Crapple browsers are skins on top of a Safari codebase from Apple.
Posted by: whig
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I am Linux Mint. I can't spell. Brave spellcheck is so bad I caught it. Yeah, I don't trust anything that's ever been touched by Google or Microsoft.
I do business on IOS.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 07, 2026 06:46 PM (xvXg6)
Posted by: Zombie Jimi Hendrix at January 07, 2026 06:47 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 05:44 PM (WC9t6)
But, you'll need to settle for 1969 wages. I remember them.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 07, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)
Hillary's emails from her closet server, printed out copies.
Posted by: HogWildforIslam with a side of bacon at January 07, 2026 07:54 PM (T5Vfs)
Maybe they should have put a sign on the hull that said 'Baby Milk Factory or Floating Daycare. I'm sure T*mpon Tim would have cut them a check.
Posted by: Nelly at January 07, 2026 07:59 PM (7gpcF)
Especially with US and UK P8 Poseidons orbiting overhead, armed with homing torpedos.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 07, 2026 11:58 PM (FpP3s)
Posted by: Rbastid at January 08, 2026 12:57 AM (99bAJ)
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